Wright Elementary

Wright Elementary is a community health center dental clinic in Fort Walton Beach, FL, operated by North Florida Medical Centers, which runs 2 clinics in Florida.

The health center is open about 30 hours a week, so dental capacity is limited and the wait can be long.

Access to This Clinic

This clinic is located inside a school. School-based health center sites typically serve enrolled students, and in some cases their families or the surrounding community. Access is determined jointly by the school and the health center. Contact the clinic before visiting to confirm whether patients who are not students can be seen.

This clinic operates seasonally. Seasonal sites often serve agricultural communities and close outside their operating season. Confirm that the clinic is currently open before visiting.

Clinic Details

Costs and Coverage

Fees follow an income-based scale, so the same treatment costs different patients different amounts. North Florida Medical Centers sets its own income bands, so a quote from another clinic tells you nothing about this one. Get the assessment done first; it changes what the whole plan costs, not just the first visit. Our guide to applying for the discount lists the documents to bring.

No Medicaid registration has been recorded for this clinic, which is not the same as Medicaid being refused. Florida decides its own adult dental benefit, which ranges from comprehensive to emergency extractions only depending on the state and the year. Children are covered everywhere. The Medicaid dental page covers how to check yours.

Dental Services

The treatments available at this clinic are not listed publicly. Health center dental programs usually cover examinations, cleanings, X-rays, fillings and extractions; root canals, dentures and oral surgery are the ones that vary, and are often referred out.

Planning Your Visit

305 Lang Rd, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547

The published number is 850-423-4603. At larger organizations it may reach central scheduling rather than the dental department, so say which clinic you are calling about and that it is for dental care.

Before making the trip, check: the dental hours, and which days appointments run, whether new dental patients are being taken, and the current wait, what a first visit costs, before and after any discount, whether your insurance or Medicaid dental plan is accepted, by plan name, and what to bring for the sliding fee application.

Size of the Dental Service

North Florida Medical Centers provided 12,482 dental visits and 5,294 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 10.45 full-time dental staff. This indicates an established dental service operating regular sessions, although appointment availability still varies by clinic and time of year.

Figures describe the operating organization as a whole, across all of its clinics.

Common Questions

Other Clinics Operated by North Florida Medical Centers

North Florida Medical Centers operates one other clinic elsewhere in Florida. Where an organization runs several clinics, the waits rarely match. It is worth asking which one has capacity before settling on the closest. Once your discount is assessed at one of its sites, the others normally honor it without a second application. What is treated at one site is no guide to another, so confirm with the clinic you actually intend to visit.

Other Dental Clinics Nearby

Measured straight-line rather than by road. Availability varies enough between them that a second call is usually worth making.

• Fairfield — Pensacola, about 35.8 miles away
• Florida Department of Health in Walton County — Defuniak Springs, about 36.8 miles away
• Cantonment Pediatrics — Cantonment, about 41.9 miles away
• Brewton Family Dental Center — Brewton, about 54.3 miles away